Carrier profile · USDOT 602608 · MC-442980 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Independence Excavating Inc

157 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 4 statesBRECKSVILLE, OH70/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-442980 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 157-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 157
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

15%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
172.202 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
177.817 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
383.91 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 1, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	1	1	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	4	1	2	4
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	2	0	0	2
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	2	0	0	2
2015	1	0	1	0
2014	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	1	0
2003	2	0	2	0
2002	1	0	1	0
2001	1	0	1	1
1998	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 27, 2025	VA	1	1	Yes
Aug 19, 2024	VA	0	1	Yes
Nov 30, 2023	PA	0	1	Yes
Jul 18, 2023	AL	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2023	OH	1	1	Yes
Apr 14, 2023	PA	0	0	Yes
Mar 10, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Feb 22, 2019	PA	0	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Feb 22, 2018	OH	0	0	Yes
May 1, 2017	OH	0	1	Yes
Dec 27, 2016	OH	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2016	PA	0	0	Yes
Sep 30, 2015	OH	0	1	No
Apr 18, 2014	OH	0	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2007	WV	0	0	Yes
Sep 23, 2004	OH	0	1	No
Jul 10, 2003	OH	0	1	No
Apr 28, 2003	OH	0	1	No
Jul 12, 2002	OH	0	1	No
Jun 5, 2001	OH	0	1	Yes
Oct 20, 1998	OH	0	0	Yes